Shkodėr (Shkodra)

Albanian license plate	City of Shkodėr - SH	The new blue style Albanian license plate without region codes	Welcome to Shkodėr, Albania's northern city
Rapidly growing Shkodėr is Albania's 5th largest city	Ornate mosque at the first roundabout	Interesting mosque on Rruga Mbreti Gent	Mosque detail
Sheshi Perash	Isa Boletini, the "Lion of Kosovo", Shkodėr	Isa Boletini (1864-1916), leader of resistance against the Ottomans	Rruga Marin Bicikemi
Driving around Shkodėr looking for the hotel...	Kisha e Shėn Kollit - Church of St. Nicholas, Shkodėr	Late afternoon sun shining on the golden cross of the Franciscan Church	Looks like Shkodėr got a fresh coat of paint
Xhamia Ebu-Bekr, Shkodėr's most impressive mosque	Xhamia (Mosque) Ebu-Bekr, reconstructed in the early 1990's with Saudi money	The original mosque was destroyed by 1905 earthquake	A second Ottoman mosque stood here 1910-1963
Evening at the Grand Mosque of Ebu-Bekr, Shkodėr	Grand Hotel Europa, Shkodėr's 5-star hotel	Europa Grand Hotel, Shkodėr	Guest room of the Europa Grand Hotel
Korēa, one of Albania's domestic beers	Dusk with Parruces Mosque, Shkodėr	Parruces Mosque (Xhamia Parrucės), completed in 2006	Minaret at dusk
Parruces Mosque at dusk, Shkodėr	Parruces Mosque at dusk, Shkodėr	Lulishtja e Parruces Park, Shkodėr	Shkodėr
Shkodėr	Minarets of the Parruces Mosque from Europa Grand Hotel	Parruces Mosque	Parruces Mosque in the morning
Martyrs of the 2nd of April memorial	View from the Europa Grand Hotel	Parruces Mosque, Shkodėr	The road in front of the Europa Grand Hotel
Sheshi 2 Prilli - 2nd of April Square	Obelisk Heronjte e Demokracise - the Martyrs of 2 April 1991memorial	Police killed 4 and injured 82 on 2 April 1991, 2 days after Albania's 1st multiparty elections	Turkish Cultural Center, Shkodėr
Café along Rruga Studenti	Rruga Studenti, one of the main streets of Shkodėr	Post-communist architecture in Shkodėr	Shkodėr, Albania
Radio Shkodra	Minibus for Tirane from Democracy Square, Shkodėr	Sheshi Demokracia, Shkodėr	Migjeni Theatre, 1879
New construction project on Democracy Square	Former site of a communist-era monument to the "Five National Heroes"	Sheshi Demokracia - Democracy Square, Shkodėr	Apparently the old communist monument to the 5 heroes has been moved to the Martyr's Cemetary
The old Rozafa Hotel, underwhelming from the outside	Democracy Square, Shkodėr	Shkodėr travel agency specializing in Italian travel	One of the old communist-era monuments still standing in Shkodėr
Xhamia (Mosque) Ebu-Bekr	Xhamia (Mosque) Ebu-Bekr	Xhamia (Mosque) Ebu-Bekr	Abu Bakir al-Sadiq, the sixth Imam (702-765 AD)
Xhamia (Mosque) Ebu-Bekr	Xhamia (Mosque) Ebu-Bekr (Abu Bakr al Siddiq)	Masjid Ebu-Bekr al-Sediq in Arabic calligraphy with tughra of the Ottoman sultan	The mosque was rebuilt with money donated by the Saudi Al-Zamil and dedicated in 1995
The same 1995 dedication plaque in Arabic	Interior of the Ebu-Bekr mosque in Shkodėr	Xhamia (Mosque) Ebu-Bekr	Xhamia (Mosque) Ebu-Bekr - dome
Xhamia (Mosque) Ebu-Bekr - dome	Xhamia (Mosque) Ebu-Bekr - dome detail	Xhamia (Mosque) Ebu-Bekr	Park between Rruga Vaso Kadia and Rruga Hasan Riza Pasha
Nativity of Christ Orthodox Cathedral, Shkodėr	Nativity of Christ Orthodox Cathedral, Shkodėr	Nativity of Christ Orthodox Cathedral, built in 2000	Nativity of Christ Orthodox Cathedral, Shkodėr
Orthodox Cathedral of Shkodėr	Orthodox Cathedral of Shkodėr	Tirana Bank	Rruga Kolė Idromeno, Shkodėr's lively pedestrian street
Rruga Kolė Idromeno pedestrian zone	Bar Restorant Shkodra	Franciscan Agency of Pilgrimages, Albania	Librari Universitare, Shkodėr
Italian is popular - La Trattoria	Top Bast Live	Shkodėr pedestrian zone	Birra Tirana, a very nice Albanian beer
Rruga Kolė Idromeno pedestrian zone	Pedestrian zone with the Ebu Bakr mosque	Birra Tirana umbrella	Rruga Kolė Idromeno pedestrian zone
Albanian Airlines	Pizzeria Zio Peppe, Shkodėr	Fontana, at the end of the pedestrian zone	...very lively at night...
Mediterranean architecture, Shkodėr	Rruga Kolė Idromeno at the end of the pedestrian zone	Rruga Kolė Idromeno, Shkodėr	Rruga Kolė Idromeno, Shkodėr
Rruga Kolė Idromeno and the pedestrian zone	Gjuhadol area of Shkodėr	Gjuhadol area of Shkodėr	Old building with an interesting roof on Rruga Gjuhadol
Nicely restored century old building	Shkodėr old town	G'juhadol - the old town of Shkodėr	Rruga Marin Beēikemi, the main avenue in front of the Catholic Cathedral
Katedralja e Shėn Shtjefnit	Corner of Rruga Gjuhadol and Marin Beēikemi	Shkodėr - Cathedral of St Stephen	19th C. Shkodėr Cathedral of St. Stephen, a sports hall from 1967 to the fall of communism
Shkodėr Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Stephen	Shkodėr Cathedral	Shkodėr Cathedral
Mosaic floor - Shkodėr Cathedral	Restored ceiling of the Cathedral of St. Stephen, Shkodėr	Statue dated 1903, Shkodėr Cathedral	Detail of the devil
Cathedral of St. Stephen, Shkodėr	Stations of the Cross - Shkodėr Cathedral	Stations of the Cross - Shkodėr Cathedral	Stations of the Cross - Shkodėr Cathedral
Stations of the Cross - Shkodėr Cathedral	Portrait of Mother Teresa, Shkodėr Cathedral	Pope John Paul II - Shkodėr Cathedral	Nice day in Shkodėr
Shkodėr, Albania	Funeral agency, Shkodėr	Shkodėr, Albania	Beer crates, Shkodėr
American Pizza - Shkodėr	Albanian license plate - Shkodėr	Albanian Airlines	Shkodėr, Albania
Hotel Rozafa, Shkodėr	Signs for places of interest, Shkodėr	Payphone - Telekomi Shqiptar	Grand Mosque of Ebu-Bekr, Shkodėr
Grand Mosque of Ebu-Bekr, Shkodėr	Hotel Colosseo - another good option in central Shkodėr	Shkodėr pedestrian zone	Argjendar - Shkodėr
Cross on the Franciscan Church, restored 2007	Sunlight shining on the Franciscan Church tower	Franciscan Church (Kisha Franceskane), a cinema during the communist-era	Kuvendi i Sh. Fraēeskut, Gjuhadol
Interior of the Franciscan Church, Shkodėr	Shpifja e Madhe - "Great Libel"	Devils and Communists	Monks and Angels
Pavdeksia e Fese - "Religious Immortality"	Stained glass window - Franciscan Church, Shkodėr	Franciscan Church, Shkodėr	Over the main altar of the Franciscan Church, Shkodėr
Franciscan Church, Shkodėr	Mother Teresa statue, 2006	Mother Teresa was born in FYR Macedonia to an Albanian family	Mother Teresa won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize
Luigj Gurakuqi (1879-1925) monument erected in 1993	Luigj Gurakuqi, Albanian nationalist born in Shkodėr	Shkodėr, Albania	Albania Post - mailbox
Albania Post - Shkodėr	Shkodėr tourist information booth	New construction - Shkodėr	Shkodėr, Albania
Shkodėr, Albania	Shkodėr, Albania	Shkodėr, Albania	Tirane license plate
Grand Mosque of Ebu-Bekr, Shkodėr